Eighty-four:
Xavier Bones
The palace was the last place that I should have been. Imperator Eric had long ago declared me a terrorist and an enemy of Aurum. If I was seen, I would more than likely be killed. Fortunately for me, Antero knew every nook and cranny of it because it has been his job to. He had taken an old map he had on his phone, and shown me the best way to get in. Through the dungeons, of course. No one ever worried about someone breaking in there they only worried about someone breaking out.
Sirena had told us her plan. She wanted me to fake her death. To pretend to romance her, the way that I had said. Then she wanted me to kill her so that she could escape. She was going to try to run, to live her life on her own. Antero and I believed she wouldn’t try to do somethin
